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TIL Mel Brooks didn't tell Frankie Laine that "Blazing Saddles" was a Comedy which is why the song in the opening is sung so earnestly

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kOGkB TIL of penis fencing, a mating behavior in hermaphroditic species of flatworm. Two flatworm “fight” and try to penetrate the other's epidermis and inject sperm into them (aka "traumatic insemination"). The loser becomes fertilized and is known as the "mother", while the victor becomes the "father"
6Er0m TIL about the Costasiella kuroshimae (AKA "leaf slug" or "leaf sheep"), a species of sacoglossan sea slug that has the ability to retain the chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on and use them to photosynthesize its own energy.
5Egr TIL that in 2013, trades were registered in Chicago within two milliseconds of a Federal Reserve announcement to raise interest rates. This was later proven to be insider trading, as that information would take three milliseconds to get to Chicago at the speed of light.
pBXO TIL that Jackie Chan was in his mothers womb for 12 months resulting in him weighing over 12 pounds!
69v7X TIL that there was an Aladdin 2